Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Location: Telford
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £38,139.04 per annum + £8,030 shift allowance per annum.
About the Role
Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses supplying chicken and turkey to major supermarkets and well‑known restaurants. The Telford site is a modern manufacturing facility processing up to 1.7 million birds per week, and this role is factory‑based in a fast‑paced, dynamic FMCG environment. You will work days and nights on a 4‑4 shift pattern (06:00‑18:30 and 18:00‑06:30).
Key Responsibilities
* Take a lead role within your team during breakdowns, using your skills and experience.
* Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with PPM schedules and effective corrective action is taken.
* Respond quickly to breakdowns in multiple areas, identify root cause and suggest improvements to prevent further breakdowns.
* Communicate unscheduled breakdowns to the Engineering Shift Manager / Principal Engineer and work with operations to minimise plant disruption.
* Follow engineering standards and good hygiene practice across the department & site.
* Ensure all activities comply with health and safety guidelines, highlighting improvement areas to management.
* Report health and safety, animal welfare and environmental issues in a timely manner.
* Demonstrate basic fault‑finding techniques to identify root cause of issues.
* Raise Stock and Non‑Stock request forms.
* Use the CMMS system for spare parts, logging and completing jobs.
Required Qualifications
* Advanced Engineering Apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical disciplines.
* Solid engineering experience, ideally within food manufacturing.
* Familiarity with process machinery or equivalent equipment and ability to fault find.
* Mechanical fitting skills; machining, welding and fabrication experience advantageous.
* Ability to mentor colleagues.
* A self‑motivated attitude with the ability to multi‑task and thrive in a timeline‑driven environment.
* A proactive, can‑do attitude.
Desirable Skills
* Industrial refrigeration experience (desirable).
* IEE 17th or 18th edition.
* Advanced electrical qualification.
* Good knowledge of PLCs, variable speed drives and control systems.
Benefits
* Secure, supportive and progressive working environment with recognition and rewards.
* Comprehensive training and continuous development opportunities.
* £38,139.04 per annum + £8,030 shift allowance per annum.
* 31 days holiday allowance (pro‑rota).
* Life assurance.
* Lifestyle benefits such as cashback perks, exclusive shopping discounts, discounted cinema tickets.
* Wellbeing resources including free online health advice & support and wellbeing assessments.
* Subsidised staff canteen.
* Free staff parking.
Equal Opportunities
We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
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